Privacy & security

In December 2017, an interesting rumor surfaced : According to “sources familiar with the matter,” the messaging app Telegram , very popular among crypto-enthusiasts for its strong encryption and privacy…

Bulletproofs, presented in a paper titled “Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More,” describe a new zero-knowledge proof system. The proposal uses on-chain scaling for privacy and suggests a…

Bitcoin’s capacity is limited. Meanwhile, smart contracts can be resource intensive. So even though Bitcoin has always supported basic smart contract functionality, the two have never been a natural match.…

Governments and central banks all over the world are gradually warming up to the idea of leveraging the unique advantages offered by blockchain technology — low-cost transactions permanently recorded in…

Blockchain-driven digital identity fraud firm Civic has partnered up with wikiHow​ ​to provide its user base with login security. The partnership will mean that around 150 million monthly wikiHow users…